Curtain rail and support therefor



Aug. 21, 1928.

v. 1,681,345 R. C. JOHNSON CURTAIN RAIL AND SUPPORT THEREFOR Filed Feb. 26, 1926 Fig. 3.

Inventor:

Patented Aug. 21, 1928.

ROBERT CRAWFORD JOHNSON, OF ROX'I'ON, LEICESTER, ENGLAND.

CURTAIN RAIL AND SUPPORT THEREFOR.

Application filed February 26, 1926, Serial No.

This invention relates to the rails for carrying the runners for curtains and the brackets for supporting the said rails, of the klnd in which the said brackets are recessed to house the controlling cords.

Hitherto the said rails and recessed brackets have been secured in posltion on a wall or other surface by screws passed through both the rail and the brackets.

According to the invention I provlde for fixing the rails to the recessed brackets and the latter to a wall or other surface, independently, without the aid of additional or extraneous means.

In a suitable arrangement for carrying out the invention each recessed bracketis formed on its rear surface with a screw integral or rigid therewith, for engagement with the wall or other surface by rotation of the bracket, and the latter is also provided on its front surface with a flanged or headed stud constituting a hook also integral therewith, the rail being provided with slots to engage the studs and secure it to the brackets. The flange or head of the stud passes through the slot, and the rail is then displaced to engage it behind the said flange or head.

The rail may be recessed lengthwise intermediate of its edges to receive the heads of the studs.

To enable the invention to be fully understood I will describe it by reference to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a sectional elevation showing a rail for curtain runners and a supporting bracket therefor constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is an elevation at right angles to Figure 1.

Figures 3 and 4 are, respectively, a front view and a side view of one of the supporting brackets.

Figure 5 is a section of a modifiedform of rail.

(1 is the supporting rail for the curtain runners, one of which is indicated in section at b, Figure 1, and c, c are the brackets for supporting the said rail. As shown in the drawing each bracket is furnished with two recesses 0 c for the controlling cords. d is the screw rigid with the rear part of each bracket 0 for engagement with the wall or the like 6, as indicated in Figure 1, by rotation of the bracket, and f is the flanged or headed stud or book provided on the front surface of each bracket and rigid therewith.

90,906, and in Great Britain March 16, 1925.

g, g are the slots in the rail to engage the studs f, f as shown in Figures 1 and 2, the flange or head it of each stud f being passed through a slot 9 and the rail displaced to fit behind the said flange or head (the outer edge of each bracket is provided with vertically disposed portions, indicated at c and 0 respectively, above and below the stud, 7, against which the rear face of the rail, a, engages, and the head, h, of the stud, f, is separated from the port-ion, a", by a recess, indicated at 70 of substantially the same width as the thickness of the rail at that point, the rear face, if, of the upwardly extending portion, or head, of the stud, engaging the front face of the railand holding the rail in vertical position so that the runners, b,can move longitudinally of the rail throughout its entire length without undue friction with the rail and without striking the studs, i is the recess formed lengthwise of the rail to receive the heads of the studs 7, so that the said heads do not project into the path of the runners Z). In the form of rail shown in Figures 1 and 2 the sides of the recess 6 are each at an angle to its base which is greater than a right-angle whereas in the form of rail illustrated in Figure 5 the sides are each at a right-angle to the base.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is 1. In a device of the kind described, the combination with a curtain rail for supporting a plurality of curtain runners, said rail being provided at separated points with slots extending through vertically disposed portions of the rail, of a plurality of brackets each provided at one end with means for securing it to the wall and at the opposite end with a vertically disposed end face for engaging the rear face of the rail, and having a stud projecting therefrom and adapted to extend through one of the slots in the rail, said stud being provided with an upwardly extending head separated from the adjacent vertical end face of the bracket a distance substantially equal to the thickness of the rail adjacent to the slot therein to enable the head to hold the rear face of the rail in engagement with the said vertical end face portions of the bracket and maintain the rail in vertical position to permit free movement of the run ners throughout the length of the rail, said slots in the rail being of sutficient size to permit the passage of the studs and the heads thereof therethrough.

2. In a device of the kind described, the combination with a curtain rail for supporting a plurality of curtain runners, said rail being provided at separatedpoints with slot-s extending through vertically disposed portions of the rail, of a plurality of brackets each provided at one end with means for securing it to the wall and at the opposite end with a vertically disposed end face for engaging the rear face of the rail, and having a stud projecting therefrom and adapted to extend through one of the slots in the rail, said stud being provided with an upwardly extending head separated from the adjacent vertical end face of the bracket a distance substantially equal to the thickness of the rail adjacent to the slot therein to enable the head to hold the rear face of the rail in engagement with the said vertical end face portions of the bracket and maintain the rail in vertical position to permit free movement of the runners throughout the length of the rail. said slots in the rail being of suflicient size to permit the passage of the studs and the heads thereof tberethrough, the said rail having its runner engaging portions extending laterally beyond the slot thereof a distance sufficient-to enable depending portions of the runners to lie closely adjacent to the rail without striking the said studs or the heads thereof.

3. A curtain runner support comprising a pair of brackets constructed to be secured to a support and project therefrom, each of said brackets having a vertically disposed front face, a hook projecting forwardly from said front face intermediate its vertical length, and a rail having spaced apertures to receive the hooks, said rail having a thickness equal to the distance between the hooks and vertical face of the brackets whereby the rail is held in vertical position against the vertical faces of the brackets.

4. A curtain runner support comprising a pair of brackets constructed to be secured to a support and project therefrom, each of said brackets having a vertically disposed front face, a hook projecting forwardly from said front face intermediate its vertical length, and a recessed rail having spaced apertures in the recessed portion to receive said hooks, said rail having a thickness equal to the distance between the hooks and the vertical faces of the brackets whereby the rail will be held against said vertical faces, said hooks being encompassed within the recess of the rail whereby curtain runners may pass over the rail without interference by the hooks.

ROBERT CRAlVFORD JOHNSON. 

